It's that machine that smooths out the ice on an ice rink. Well technically it's the name of a company that makes that kind of machine, but it's become one of those generic trademarks, like Hoover in the UK.

Moku

27 May 2013 11:32 PM

Lol, I was reading vacuum cleaner reviews on Amazon.co.uk yesterday; whatever the brand or model... all the reviews were for hoovers!

Cervus

03 June 2013 04:10 AM

I recently returned from several weeks in Peru. Here's me sandboarding on the dunes near Nazca:

Are those trails behind you in the sand, what it took for your toes to slow you down? :eek:

Cervus

03 June 2013 08:21 PM

Yes. I'd just come down a massive dune and, having no previous experience, was instructed to use my feet as brakes. On most occasions I just kept my toes in the sand during the whole run, otherwise I just shot like a bullet.

NorthernLite

03 June 2013 09:17 PM

You look like you were having an absolute blast.

Cervus

04 June 2013 03:15 AM

It was fun and terrifying and I was picking sand out of my hair for a week.

ASL

04 June 2013 03:19 AM

Yes... You might say that "blast" you had was a sand blasting. I'll be here all week.

I had mentioned earlier in one of the threads that I had to deliver a truck to Yellowknife, NWT and was going to fly back to Hay River to meet my ride south. WildaBeast had asked if I was flying Buffalo and indeed I did. Tada

I've been trying to find out but it doesn't list the ages anywhere that I have found. The interior of that particular plane looked quite well used.

WildaBeast

05 June 2013 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorthernLite
(Post 1741955)

I've been trying to find out but it doesn't list the ages anywhere that I have found. The interior of that particular plane looked quite well used.

I'm so jealous that you actually had the opportunity to fly on a classic DC-3!

As for looking up the age, have you tried searching based on the registration number? In the US that almost always brings up the FAA record on the plane, which includes the year of manufacture.

ETA: After a little detective work (I had to search for pictures of Buffalo DC-3's in general to figure out your plane was registered C-GWZS, not C-GW23 like I first thought from your photo), I found a few sources that say it was built in 1942.

ETA2: According to Wikipedia, the 3C designation means it was a C-47 rebuilt by Douglas.

NorthernLite

05 June 2013 07:04 PM

So she's 70 plus years. And damn rugged for her age. We hit turbulence at the edge of a thunder storm about five miles out from Hay River. We dropped twice, fast enough that all the magazines in their pockets and the guy behind me hit the ceiling. I remember thinking that another one of those and we'll be through the ice on the lake. It was a bit of a thrill.